LOS ANGELES, April 7 (UPI) --Shia LaBeouf will star in American Honey.

The film is written and helmed by British filmmaker Andrea Arnold, and marks the director's first U.S.-based feature. She is known for a 2011 adaptation of Emily Bronte novel Wuthering Heights with Kaya Scodelario and James Howson.

American Honey follows a teenager who "gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love" after joining a magazine sales crew. Lars Knudson and Jan Van Hoy of Parts & Labor and Thomas Benski and Lucas Ochoa of Pulse Films will produce with Pouya Shahbazian.